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Related: About this forumA horror you can't look away from: Mantis eats fly face-first. (video)
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-mantis-eating-a-fly-alive-is-so-damn-gross-but-i-c-1645117079If this were a scene from a horror-movie... The killer grabs the victim and bites its tongue off. Then he starts gnawing on the face while the victim struggles against the killer's powerful arms. The lips, the cheeks, the lower jaw... And for dessert: The eyes.
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A horror you can't look away from: Mantis eats fly face-first. (video) (Original Post)
DetlefK
Oct 2014
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AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)1. Mmmmmmmm.....
My fave thing about mantises is their head is on a "neck" and they can turn their head to look at you and stuff. "Hey there!"
Other insects don't do that much.
packman
(16,296 posts)2. Could have been worse
ladjf
(17,320 posts)3. I recently read that mantises also can capture,kill and eat humming birds. nt
defacto7
(13,485 posts)4. Oh, the're just kissing!